Role Overview
A client of byteSpark.ai is seeking a Senior Financial Controlling Analyst to strengthen financial governance, safeguard assets, and deliver clear insights that support informed business decisions. The role will support the development and consistent application of operational accounting policies, procedures, and controls across multiple geographies. The successful candidate will oversee chart-of-accounts governance, intercompany accounting, transfer-pricing compliance, document retention, and appropriate authorization of accounting transactions. They will support half-year and year-end impairment assessments, external and internal audits, cash counts, inventory write-off reviews, and the timely implementation of audit recommendations. The analyst will prepare management reports, budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses that explain performance drivers and recommend corrective actions. They will partner with finance and operational stakeholders to monitor actual results against approved plans and improve the reliability of financial information. The role will also develop and deliver training and workshops covering accounting procedures, financial controls, and IFRS requirements. The analyst will conduct targeted workflow reviews, identify control or process weaknesses, and support automation initiatives that improve efficiency without compromising governance. This position requires extensive financial controlling experience, strong IFRS and internal-control expertise, and the ability to communicate complex financial matters clearly to senior stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a closely related discipline.
- At least eight years of relevant experience in financial controlling, accounting, audit, or financial analysis, including senior-level ownership of finance activities.
- At least two years of experience with an external audit or accounting consultancy, including exposure to audit evidence, control testing, and remediation activities.
- Advanced practical knowledge of IFRS, operational accounting policies, account governance, and financial statement controls.
- Demonstrated experience designing, operating, testing, or improving internal financial controls and system-governance procedures.
- Strong capability in budgeting, financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, and actual-versus-plan variance analysis.
- Experience with intercompany accounting, transfer-pricing transactions, impairment assessments, audit support, and chart-of-accounts maintenance.
- Advanced spreadsheet and financial systems skills, with the ability to analyze complex data, automate finance processes, and produce decision-ready reporting.
Desirable
- Professional accounting certification such as ACCA, ACA, CPA, CIMA, or an equivalent qualification.
- Hands-on experience with SAP BPC, SAP Business Warehouse, or comparable enterprise planning and reporting platforms.
- Financial controlling, audit, or inventory-control experience within retail or another high-volume, multi-entity environment.
- Experience delivering training or workshops on IFRS, accounting procedures, and financial controls.
- Experience supporting finance transformation, workflow automation, or control standardization across multiple geographies.
This vacancy remains open and applications are being reviewed. Originally posted .